Through the Door of Life: A Jewish Journey Between Genders

by Joy Ladin

Book Overview

Professor Jay Ladin made headlines around the world when, after years of teaching literature at Yeshiva University, he returned to the Orthodox Jewish campus as a woman--Joy Ladin. In Through the Door of Life, Joy Ladin takes readers inside her transition as she changed genders and, in the process, created a new self.
With unsparing honesty and surprising humor, Ladin wrestles with both the practical problems of gender transition and...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0299287300
• ISBN13: 9780299287306
• Release Date: March 2012
• Publisher: University of Wisconsin Press
• Length: 270 Pages
• Weight: 1.00 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 5.8" x 8.3"